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[Evan Dandrea <ev@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 12:43 PM, Mehdi Dogguy <mehdi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> * Package name    : usb-creator
>>>
>>> "usb-creator" is a bit misleading (or at least… not clear). Could
>>> you rename it into something like "live-usb-creator"?
>> This package has been shipped in Ubuntu for a few releases now.
>
> Honestly, I don't know how you (as a team) ended up with such a name.

I do not think it is misleading at all.  Calling it "live-usb-creator"
would just add confusion as it can be used to write debian-installer
ISOs as well, which clearly are not live CDs.

>> I don't believe the name is misleading when read together with short
>> description or with long description.
>
> Having a clear short description is not a valid reason to keep that
> name, IMO. And such a name may not be appropriate because it's too
> general. "live-usb-creator" tells you what the program does, without
> reading its short description.

I don't think you can encapsulate what this program does in the
package name alone.

Equally, Evolution isn't packaged as evolution-mail-client, despite
"evolution" telling you nothing about what it does.  So why should we
apply this new rule to just usb-creator?